IPv6 plan may energize web sector

China's plan to put the internet Protocol version 6-based network into large-scale use will boost the development of the internet industry and facilitate the application of digital technologies in industrial sectors, analysts said on Monday.

Wei Leping, a telecom expert and former chief engineer at China Telecommunications Corp, the third largest telecom carrier by subscribers, said: "The efforts to promote the application of IPv6 are just like removing unnecessary checkpoints in China's information highway, which will significantly boost network performance in the country."

China unveiled an action plan on Sunday which details efforts to have 200 million active users of IPv6 by the end of 2018, and over 500 million users by 2020.